California Fish and Game Code

§ 1784

FGC § 1784 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 2 · Ch. 7.8 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)The department, in cooperation with those agencies specified in Section 1786, shall adopt regulations that establish standards and criteria for the bank site qualification process, for the evaluation of wetland habitat acreage and values created at the bank sites, and for the operation and evaluation of bank sites, and any other regulations that are necessary to implement this chapter. These criteria shall require, at a minimum, that the newly created wetland provide the hydrologic, vegetative, and wildlife characteristics, including the food web components, of a naturally occurring wetland system that is equal to the site being mitigated.

(b)With respect to bank site standards and operator qualifications, the department shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following criteria:

(1)A requirement that the bank site have a reliable, adequate, and available water supply necessary to provide wetland values. For wetlands dependent only on rainfall, rainfall satisfies this requirement.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 37, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.